Hat-hanger



A. J. ALLEN. I HAT HANGER.

(No Model.)

310,420,028. Patented Jan. 28, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADONIRAM JUDSON ALLEN, OF LOOKPORT, NEWV YORK.

HAT-HANG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,028, dated January28, 1890.

Application filed June 29, 1889- Serial lio- 316,090- (No model) To aZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADONIRAM JUDSON AL- LEN, of the city of Lockport, inthe county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful adjustable, removable, and changeable device or improvement to beplaced within hats or caps and used to safely and securely hang the sameto any projection of suitable size that may or may not be designed forthe purpose of having suspended therefrom any hat or cap, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for suspending hats and caps from hookswhen not in use.

My object is to produce such a device of cheap construction and greatutility, and which may be readily adjusted to fit any size or style ofhat and at the same time be removed at pleasure. My invention consistsof a piece of wire or its equivalent bent to fit theinner periphery ofthe hat, and is provided with serrations or corrugations, which serve atwofold purpose; first, to give the device elasticity, so that it maybereadily extended to make it fit a l rger hat or compressed to fit asmaller one, and, secondly, to allow the serrated ends or loops to beplaced behind the sweat band to hold it in position. To this wire isattached in any suitable and well-known manner a cord or wire forsuspending the hat.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in Which-- Figure 1 is anisometrical elevation of my device complete. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same placed in position in a hat Fig. 3 is a view of a hatsuspended, showing a portion of the free end of the loop.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

0 is a wire, bent to conform to the inner periphery of a hat, which wireis provided with serrations or corrugations B B. To the wire 0, I attacha suspending-loop H, which may be attached either directly to the wire0, or by means of the clamps D D through perforations F, or by any othercommon or Well-known means.

I secure the device thus constructed in the hat loy allowing the loopend of the serration to pass under the sweat-band, and it will be seenthat it will be kept in position by the elasticity which the serrationsin the wire 0 cause.

It will be observed that when I desire to suspend the hat from a nail orhook I raise the free end of the loop H out of the hat and place it overthe hook.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described hat-suspending device, consisting of the, annularwire frame having the .reversely-bent portions extending outwardly fromthe periphery thereof for holding the frame under the sweat-band and foradjustment of the same, and a loop hinged thereto and adapted to beswung out of the hat for suspending the same, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

A. JUDSON ALLEN.-

Witnesses:

EDWARD J. TURNER, CHARLES N. PALMER.

